Atomiser, source, inductively coupled plasmas, in atomic fluorescence spectrometry (ASIA). Some recent work

The dual-plasma atomic fluorescence/atomic emission spectrometer (ASIA spectrometer) is described and the detection limits for several elements in both the fluorescence and the emission mode are presented and compared directly. The detection limits for the non-refractory elements are, in general, better in fluorescence than emission While for the refractory elements the converse is true, but all are in the ng ml⁻¹ range. Growth curves for a refractory and a non-refractory element are presented and evaluated.